The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Borlaug Fellowship Program promotes food security and economic growth by increasing scientific knowledge, advancing the transfer of new agricultural technology, and encouraging collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity. It offers training and collaborative opportunities to agricultural scientists, faculty and policymakers. Each Fellow works one-on-one with a U.S. mentor who coordinates […]
African Local Summit in Kumasi
April 1-4, 2012 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) The “African Local Summit” secretariat calls government agencies, civil society, private entities, educational institutions, entrepreneurs, media, traditional and community leaders, artisans and artists, youth groups, social and popular movements from all across Ghana, Africa and the World at large to join the process […]
GAPS Review
The Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (GAPS), a pilot being implemented by SRID and supported by GSSP, has made significant progress over the past year. Last month, SRID and GSSP invited a team to participate in an assessment to review the pilot survey, determine the potential for scaling it up to include more districts, and develop […]
GSSP Sends Team to FBOs in Africa Workshop in Dakar
IFPRI, in collaboration with the World Bank and FAO, organized a workshop on farmer based organizations (FBOs) in Africa that was held in Dakar, Senegal from December 8-9, 2011. The workshop brought together stakeholders to draw on their experience and knowledge as well as establish a shared and up-to-date diagnostic of past programs in support […]
ASTI/IFPRI-FARA Conference in Accra
Agricultural research and development (R&D) is critical to increasing smallholder productivity and generating agricultural growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). National agricultural research systems (NARS), however, must organize around very complex research agendas, operate under very limited budgets, develop scientific talent, and in general face all of the constraints of small, agrarian countries. A range of […]
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